Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04
AaouNp The KITCHEN.
Cooking Conveniences Thst Should BE
Found In Every Home.

| Found In Every Home.
| There is NO room in the Ahouse IN
which thes comfort of the family de.
pends so much as the kitchen. 1t Is
| impossible for the most skillful cook to
prepare good meals in an inconyenient
| kitchen, where the range is worn out
and the fire can not be depended on
Dyspepsia and all its attendant evils
must come to such a house. Very
] few people know how to build kitchen
properly. The first essential is ample
room and good ventilation. This can
readily be obtained in the country,
where the kitchen is often a;onestory
extension with ventilators in the cell
| ing, but more care is necessary If 1T Is
part of the house. The walls of all
kitchens should be painted or white
washed. There. should be abundance
| of light, so that there should be no dark
corners A wainseoting of Hard wood
three feet high lisa protection to- the
wall. Have a good floor, if possible
fitted without seams, of oiled pine. 1t
can not be scrubbed like an old-fash-
Toned, floor, but may be kept equally
clean and saves the labor TO the house
Keeper. Blue and white tiles, which
cost from five to ten cents each. may
readily be set by the mason around the
sink and back of the table; they are
very ornamental and save the wall
from splattering. When set by regular
masons thing costs from seventy cents
to one dollar per square foot. Set at
home by one of the family from thirty
five cents to fifty cents, the mason
charging fifty per cent. for his labor.
Thing should be finished at the top
with piece of wood molding. Folding
towel racks set on the wall near the
sink are a great convenience in drying
dish towels and dish cloths. =
There should be two good tables in
the kitchen. If possible have one with
stone top to set dishes to cool and
pots and, kettles. The kitchen dresser
is a most important piece of furniture.
1t should contain goodly supply of
yellow and white bowls, baking dishes
and other utensils. which should al
ways be handy within the cook S reach.
A shelf for cook book, grocers' and
butchers order books is always con-
venient. Next to good range good
clock is of paramount Importance in
the kitchen. The windows of a model
room should have broad seats in order
to accommodate boxes of fresh savory
herbs, which will be useful all winter
to the cook for soups, beef a la mode
and other dishes. Kitchen windows
should be supplied in summer with
wire screens, and as they cost about
thirty cents apiece they are an mex
pensive luxury. Wire doors, which
are little more expensive, are COM
Portable additions to the summer
kitchen. GMEtrE "Em
The range is the most important
article in the room. There are so
many excellent ranges in market that
one can not fail to secure good one,
if it is bought of any trustworthy
maker. The greatest care should be
taken in having it set to make sure
there are no open spaces in the fire.
place, which will interfere with the
draft. The pipe should fit snugly and
be furnished with tin collar. We
draw special attention to these matters
which it was formerly considered only
necessary to put in an expert stove
mounter's hands, trusting implicitly
to HIM to do his duty. This, unfor-
tunately, can not always be done now,
and in employing any workmen the
housekeeper is in danger of employing
those who are banded together to do
as little work as possible for as much
money as possible. These are indeed
days when home talent in doing little
matters about the house must be made
the most of. The range in most
kitchens in the country is a movable
one. 1t is very convenient to have a
broad shelf back of it to set bread or
cakes to rise or to set tins to dry. An
iron oven will save fuel and be found
very acceptable feature of the kitchen;
these ovens are always to be relied
upon and bake bread, pies and cakes
evener than regular stove oven. They
are not very expensive, can be set up
in any kitchen, and do not heat the
house as the heavy fire required in a
stove while baking. The fire is kindled
beneath, not in the oven as in the case
of the old-fashioned brick oven. A
simple oil stove for light summer cook
ing is very convenient
Opening out of the kitchen should be
a closet for iron pots, spiders and sauce
pans with shelves and hooks for tin
ware. A cool dry room with stone
floor where the refrigerator may be
kept and any thing in the line of pro-
visions that requires q cool place.
There should be hooks in this room to
hang poultry, game and meat. The
cold room may be in the cellar, but if
it is it should be very carefully venti-
lated in such way as will prevent its
being damp.-M. Y. Tribune.
The Scottish people classify butter
in three divisions, known as fresh.